Soi Kanrua drainage system nears completion

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Soi Kanrua drainage system nears completion

PATTAYA:--Pattaya’s 8.9 million baht project to solve long-running flood problems in Naklua’s Soi Kanrua boatyard district is entering the final stages, with key construction expected to wrap within two weeks.

Deputy Mayor Verawat Khakhay and Sanitation Engineering Department staffers inspected the progress of pipe installation, construction of concrete-steel roads, and a reservoir-based drainage system May 26. Once complete, the new system will send water directly into the Klong Plub drainage canal and out into the sea, instead of through a backed-up maze of city drainage pipes.

Launched last July, the project was long opposed by area boatyards due to the expected disruption to business. However, faced with flooding that worsens each year, boat-repair and construction yards finally agreed to put up with months of construction that forced them to reduce or suspend business.

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-- Pattaya Mail 2014-06-06